Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Nigeria
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Bangladesh, India
Gambia, Nigeria
Second Language
India
Nigeria
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
-
Interesting Facts
- Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
- 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Yoruba and Igbo Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5144
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1112
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4032
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
25
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
sannu
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
gode ku
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
yaya dai
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
mai kyau dare
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
barka da yamma
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
barka da rana
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
mai kyau safe
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Don Allah
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
yi hakuri
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
sai anjima
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Ina son ku
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
gafara dai
Dialect 1
Chakma
Gaananci
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Ghana
How Many People Speak
330,000.0050,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Hajong
Kurhwayanci
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Niger
How Many People Speak
71,000.00150,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Rarhi
Daragaram
Where They Speak
India
Niger
How Many People Speak
230,000,000.0050.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2520
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
215.00 million50.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
3.11 %0.52 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
196.00 million35.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
19.00 million15.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
French Name
bengali
haoussa
German Name
Bengali
Haussa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈbeŋɡali]
[hàʊsà]
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Hausa–Fulani people
Origin
1000–1200 CE
14
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Chadic
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bengali
Hausa
Language Position
434
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Signed Bengali
Signed Hausa
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
bn
ha
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ben
hau
ISO 639 2/B
ben
hau
ISO 639 3
ben
hau
ISO 639 6
ben
hau
Glottocode
beng1280
haus1257
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
19-HAA-b
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional